setting boundaries
Are you sacrificing the peace within you to keep the peace around you?

Over the years I’ve noticed that my threshold for dealing with drama is remarkably low. Not that sort of “oh I’m getting older and less patient” low. I mean that…

happiness
119 scientifically proven ways to be happier

One of my all-time favorite topics. Okay so maybe 119 ways to feel happier feels a little overwhelming. So cherry pick. Try two, or six or twenty.... This guest post…

Jesus
Losing her religion

First published on Purple Clover. I have no doubt I helped destroy my daughter's faith in God, although I myself, still believe in God, god, in some form or another.…

On Grown & Flown

I’m delighted I found Grown & Flown, a website and blog about parenting older kids (ages 15 to 25). Grown & Flown recently published my essay "Why I Stopped Worrying…

Stop letting seniors off the hook for saying horrible stuff

We're all guilty of this. We slip out a horrible or ignorant comment, cringe, then wish we could take our words back. Before I was became a mom I once…

The Pulse tragedy. What finally made me cry

[caption id="attachment_7466" align="alignleft" width="300"] #OrlandoStrong[/caption] After my city's tragedy, the world's tragedy, I didn't cry. Oh my eyes welled up a little, but I was too shocked, too devastated, too…

Remember. Advice to my daughter as she graduates high school.

Remember to stand tall. Shoulders back. Head up. Carry yourself with the spectacular you are. The world will treat you as you expect to be treated. You are mighty and…

One reason I love life (but the point where my grace ends)

Image credit One of the many reasons I love life is the unexpected synchronicity that happens all the time.... Driving traffic-clogged I-4 at 6:50 this morning to get to the YMCA…

Feeling joy: living intentionally to re-wire your brain

As it turns out, we humans adapt pretty well to feeling awful or to living the less dire but equally joyless neutral and numb existence. Kids, relationships, jobs, falling finances…

Good girls don’t get the corner office

Image: Wikipedia "Teach your daughters to resolve conflicts, take risks, tout their strengths and "check your good girl at the door," writes Rachel Simmons in her book, The Curse of the…